Sanitary display carton



March 12, 1940., MUELLER r AL I 2,193,237

SANITARY DISPLAY CARTON Filed Dec. 8, 1957 fmafmw W Patented Mar. 12,1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE George Mueller, Franz A. Feohner, andKlrtland D. Young, Salt Lake City, Utah Application December 8, 1937,'No. 178,724

1 Claim.

Our invention relates to display containers for bakery goods and has forits object to provide a visible, sanitary, doughnut carton.

A further object is to provide a visible sanitary a doughnut carton inwhich the doughnuts are set to display them to the best advantage andwith means in the carton to introduce air into direct contact with thedoughnuts to prevent their sweating or becoming soggy from closeconflne- "i ment.

A still further object is to provide a display carton which will displaydoughnuts at an angle for full vision thereof and which carton and thedoughnuts therein are wrapped in an outer covering of transparentmaterial to keep the dust and dirt from them at the same time havingmeans to allow air to pass into the cartonto keep the contents frombecoming So gy.

These objects we accomplish with the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawing and in which similar numerals and letters ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views and asdescribed in the specification forming a part of this application andpointed out in the g5 appended claim. a

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of the carton.

Figure 2 is an end view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section transversely of the carton.

Figure 4 is a plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the carton packed with doughnuts andprovided with its transparent covering, as they will be packed for sale.

In the drawing I have shown the base or body of the carton as A, whichconsists of-a flat bottom having longitudinal edges 5 and 8 bent up toform side pieces for the carton and with the ends I and 8 of the edges 5and 6 extended and folded across to form a lap joint 9 such as is usedin most boxes of this type.

The ends Ill and II of the flat bottom are bent up and held as verticalends for the carton by the overlapping joint of the ends I and 8 withthe ends l0 and II made nearly twice as high as the sides and preferablyhaving the comers of the ends rounded.

The ends l0 and II are each provided with a hole I! therethrough asshown in Figures 2 and 8 of the drawing for passage of air into the bodyof the carton. A rectangular receptacle is formed by bending the ends Itand II upwardly and se- (ci'. zo)

curing the flap joints t across the ends outside the bent up portions,with the ends it and ii higher than the sides. Within this receptacle orbody there is a slanting walled display stand which consists of a flatsheet of material bent 5 medially forming slanting side walls l5 and Hslanting from the central raised bend toward each side and spaced fromthe vertical sides or edges 5 and 6 by longitudinal spaced portions l8acting as the base for the side walls I6 and ll. The 1 spacer portionsiii are inserted into the body A along each edge thereof and the wallsl6 and I1 form a triangular support with their apex running medially ofthe carton the entire length thereof. A spacer flap I5 is formed on eachend of the display stand or support C said flaps being bent inwardly tofill the lower portion of the triangular shaped end space between thesloping walls l6 and H. The apex of each flap i5 is cut away to allowfor air to pass through the area 80 formed within the display stand orsupport 0. These spacer flaps hold the walls l6 and I! in theirrespective positions and aid in their support when goods are placed onthem.

Spaced apart arc-shaped openings I! are cut 25 through the apex of thewalls I! and H to permit passage of air through the holes l2 in the endsl0 and II of the carton and out 01 the openings A I! to complete airpassageway to the foods in the carton. 80

The doughnuts or other edibles are packed along the slanting walls l6and I1 and the entire carton is then wrapped in transparent wrapper Bwhich may be Cellophane or any other type of like material and the endsof the wrappinss 86 are perforated in alignment with the holes l2. Thepackage is then ready for sale.

Having thus described our invention we desire to secure by LettersPatent and claim:

In a carton of the class described, the combine.- 40 tion of body havingsides and ends with the ends higher than the sides; a display standcarried in said body having the walls thereof sloping; openings throughthe high ends of said body into the under area. or said display. stand;openings through said display stand to permit passage of vair into saidbody from the openings in the ends;

and a transparent wrapping for the entire carton, with openings in thewrapping in alignment with the openings in the ends of the carton. 50

- GEORGE MUELLER.

FRANZ A. FECHNER. mm D. YOUNG.

